Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Alimentazione

Leftfield biblically loaded painting by Italian artist Antonello Riommi of a Dell'Orto VHB carb as fitted to old Guzzis. And some crusty loaves. I love the way it's painted so seriously but the content is so absurd. Want. BP

8 comments:

There's probably a play on words going on here, because the painting mimics those (often Dutch?) still lives of fruit and veg and perhaps a dead pheasant, and Dell'Orto translates as 'of the vegetable patch'.

Actually, thinking about it, the main thrust is that the painting's title, 'Alimentazione' means 'food' or 'sustenance' (help me out, Italian readers) but it can also be used to refer to the fuel feed on an engine.